alienness

IPA/ˈeɪ.li.ən.nəs/
IPA/ˈeɪ.li.ən.nəs/

alienness — 名詞

1. the quality of making a place, thing, or experience feel oddly unknown to you

1.名詞C1
釋義

陌生感

本來熟悉卻忽然變陌生的感覺

the quality of making a place, thing, or experience feel oddly unknown to you

例句

After ten years abroad, Yuna felt alienness in her changed hometown.

離鄉十年後，Yuna 回到變了樣的家鄉時感到一陣陌生感。

alienness after returning to a familiar place

There was an alienness about the rebuilt station that upset Owen.

重建後的車站帶著一種陌生感，讓 Owen 很不安。

常見搭配
  • feel alienness
  • an alienness about the room
  • a sense of alienness
同義詞
  • strangeness

    a broader word for anything odd, without the same sense of lost familiarity

  • unfamiliarity

    more neutral and focused on not knowing something yet

  • oddness

    often lighter and less emotional than alienness

反義詞
  • familiarity

    the feeling that something is known and comfortable

文法句型

alienness in + place

an alienness about + noun

用法筆記

Often used for a place or situation that should feel familiar but suddenly does not. It commonly appears after change, distance, or emotional shock.

常見錯誤

After moving back home, Yuna felt loneliness in the rebuilt station.
After moving back home, Yuna felt alienness in the rebuilt station.
'loneliness' means being alone, while 'alienness' is the feeling that something known now seems strange and unfamiliar.

2. the quality of seeming to belong to another world, nation, or community rather t

2.名詞C1
釋義

外來感

像來自陌生世界或群體的感覺

the quality of seeming to belong to another world, nation, or community rather than to your own familiar one

例句

The costume's alienness came from patterns linked to no known culture.

那套服裝的外來感，來自任何已知文化都沒有的圖樣。

origin outside familiar culture

Visitors noticed the alienness of the red fruit from Mars.

遊客注意到那顆來自火星的紅色果實帶著外來感。

alienness linked to another planet

常見搭配
  • the alienness of the object
  • carry an alienness
  • a clear alienness
同義詞
  • foreignness

    often focuses on another country or culture rather than a broader outside origin

  • otherness

    a more abstract word for being outside a familiar norm

  • exoticism

    often suggests a stylized or romantic view, unlike neutral alienness

反義詞
  • belonging

    the sense that something fits naturally within a familiar world or group

文法句型

the alienness of + noun

alienness from + origin

用法筆記

Usually points to origin rather than mere strangeness. Use it when something seems tied to another country, culture, species, or planet.

常見錯誤

The film's alienness came from its slow pace.
The film's strangeness came from its slow pace.
'alienness' suggests an outside or foreign origin, not simply an unusual style.

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常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • a sense of alienness
  • an air of alienness

常用片語

  • feel alienness
  • carry an alienness

介系詞搭配

  • alienness in
  • alienness of
  • alienness about